Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableS2NSSEC
LabelSpouse\partner: NS-SEC - long version :Q1090
Responses
-3 Skip,spouse not in paid work/waiting 2199
-1 Skip,not married/liv as/civil partnership 0
1 Employers in large organisations 0
2 Higher managerial occupation 19
3.1 Higher prof: traditional employees 77
3.2 Higher prof: new employees 20
3.3 Higher prof: traditional self-employed 13
3.4 Higher prof: new self-employed 4
4.1 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional employees 140
4.2 Lower prof&higher tech: new employees 8
4.3 Lower prof&higher tech: traditional self-employed 13
4.4 Lower prof&higher tech: new self-employed 3
5 Lower managerial occupations 131
6 Higher supervisory occupations 52
7.1 Intermed: clerical and administrative 49
7.2 Intermed: sales and services 50
7.3 Intermed: technical and auxiliary 13
7.4 Intermed: engineering 4
8.1 Small employers: non-professional 0
8.2 Small employers: agriculture 0
9.1 Own account workers: non-professional 131
9.2 Own account workers: agriculture 9
10 Lower supervisory occupations 64
11.1 Lower techn: craft 26
11.2 Lower techn: process operative 5
12.1 Semi-routine: sales 40
12.2 Semi-routine: service 61
12.3 Semi-routine: technical 7
12.4 Semi-routine: operative 14
12.5 Semi-routine: agriculture 2
12.6 Semi-routine: clerical 7
12.7 Semi-routine: childcare 19
13.1 Routine: sales and service 7
13.2 Routine: production 5
13.3 Routine: technical 40
13.4 Routine: operative 34
13.5 Routine: agriculture 1
14.1 Never worked 0
14.2 Long-term unemployed 0
15 Full-time students 0
16 Not stated or inadeq described 0
17 Not classifiable for other reason 30
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2010
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.